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Heather Woodworth Brannon advocates for housing justice in Richmond

…oldest and largest public housing community and were forced to live in a car. The mother later died and the children relocated. This story made Brannon’s internship at Bon Air Presbyterian Church formative to her seminary experience, and marked the beginning of her involvement with Richmonders Involved to Strengthen our Communities (RISC). She recalls an appreciation for the church’s focus …

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Ghana Travel Seminar: Handcrafts with personality and stories

…goods – bananas, hats, eggs, toilet paper, and more. For most daily necessities, it seems one can simply lean out their car window or walk down the street and find exactly what they need. Observing this, we have been able to learn so much about Ghanaian culture just from driving and walking around. However, set back from the main thoroughfares …

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Rebecca Harden Weaver

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Student spotlight: Longtime educator yearns to learn more

…a Presbyterian seminary when she reconnected with the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Davis, a visiting associate professor at Union. “I mentioned to her that I was feeling a call to learn more about Christian education, and she told me about Union’s Blended Learning Program.” Asaro did some research, discussed the calling with her pastor, and realized Union was where she wanted …

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The Class of 2019 ask you to help create the Katie Cannon Library Collection

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Ghana Travel Seminar: Learning at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute

…African Traditional Religion (ATR) by Dr. Rudolf Kuiuku Gaisie and Dr. Philip Tetteh Laryea. Dr. Gaisie’s area of specialization is multi-disciplinary: modern African Christianity, Christology, and language. Dr. Laryea specialized in language. Even while developing student capabilities in Hebrew and Greek, ACI also concentrates on the translations of the various native tongues in Ghana as well as continental Africa. The …

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A Prayer for Justice in the Everyday

…since. Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religious and Intercultural Studies from Eastern Mennonite University (2014), which included a full semester in the Middle East. Emily graduated from Union Presbyterian Seminary with a Master of Divinity (2020). She has also since completed a Certificate in Community Storytelling through The Hearth in Ashland, Oregon. Emily has over a decade of …

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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Giving Back by Allison Weaver and Dr. Helen Bessent Byrd (M.Div.’07)

…took notice because, in a world that wanted to take everything from him, he stood with open hands. Very rarely, if ever, does a selfish man or woman leave such a positive mark on the world. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The cares and priorities of …

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Susan Fox

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2024 Sprunt Lectures May 6-8

…Era. Dr. Thatamanil is committed to comparative theology that asks how religious diversity can be a promise rather than a problem. An accomplished teacher and preacher, Dr. Thatamanil has published editorials in The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. His opening lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 6, 2024 in Watts Chapel. Our worship leader will …

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International peacemaker to discuss Syrian refugee crisis at Union Seminary

…of Syria and Lebanon. She is the author of the Presbyterian Women 2010 Horizons Bible Study “Joshua: A Journey of Faith” for the Presbyterian Church (USA) and was co-author of “She Shall Be Called Woman,” a meditation on biblical women. Mikhael is one of 10 International Peacemakers visiting the U.S. as part of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. They will be …

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CPE

Students taking Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) engage in the practice of emotional, spiritual, and pastoral care in clinical settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, hospice facilities, or prisons. CPE course credits fulfill the agency/institutional requirement for M.Div. or Dual degree programs. To discern your supervised ministry options, consult with your denominational representative and your instructor. Students may take CPE as …

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Children’s Spirituality Hub

…the world Primary Initiatives The Hub supports new ways of understanding and nurturing children’s spirituality through three distinctive initiatives: 1) a website oriented to parents, caregivers, and organization leaders; 2) opportunities for scholars and organizations to engage in research and discussion about children’s spiritual lives; and 3) grants to individuals and organizations willing to develop and test out innovative approaches …

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Online Application

…on CONTINUE AN APPLICATION IN PROGRESS Enter your email address and pin How do I fill out an application? Once you have a SONIS account, you can begin filling out your UPSEM application. You can either complete the application and submit it in one sitting, or save your work and continue it at a later time. When filling out …

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Hispanic Summer Program

Union Presbyterian Seminary is proud to support the cultivation of Latinx theological leaders as a sponsor of the Hispanic Summer Program (HSP). Since 1989, the HSP has offered accredited, graduate-level courses to Master’s level students on topics ranging from theology, history, liturgy, and pastoral care, all from a Latinx perspective. The unique curricular offerings of the HSP expand the courses …

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Our Mandate for Justice: Inside and Outside of the Seminary

…of the issues of emphasis. We cannot think of healthcare and not consider the role of Jesus as a healer and that churches throughout time have founded hospitals and been instrumental in providing medical care. We cannot truly focus on climate devastation and environmental justice and ignore notions of Creation care that extend as far back as the first two …

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Wife of former PSCE professor, Mildred Sneeden McIver, passes

…Carolina, the daughter of the late Eula Lemuel Owen and John Robert Sneeden. She received her education at Isaac Bear Elementary School, New Hanover High School and Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. After marrying Malcolm C. McIver, Jr., she lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where her husband served as minister to students …

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The “Holy Music” Beneath Our Feet

…to inhabit when we live under such burdens. I’m reminded of the mystic philosopher Simon Weil, who wrote that “grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to fill.” Anxiety leaves no space for grace when the mind oscillates between scurried thoughts and panics at the idea of inactivity or failure. But recently I …

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“Race”: The Basis of Social Injustice

…exemplified in the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States. [2] Robert Hood, Begrimed and Black: Christian Traditions on Blacks and Blackness (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994), 10. Hood details that race as a concrete sociological and academic idea can be traced to the work and writings of several Enlightenment thinkers: French physician François Bernier (1620-1688); Carolus Linnaeus …

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Womanist Leadership Institute Online Courses

…African Sphere 2022-2023 online courses offered: (Core Course) This Womanist Work: Models of Womanist Leadership (Elective) Womanist Ways of Worship (Core Course) Womanist Biblical Interpretation (Elective) Black Women’s Mental Health as Resistance 2021-2022 online courses offered: (Core Course) Womanist Theology: A Primer (Elective) Womanist Activism and Public Witness (Elective) Proto-Womanist Thought (Elective) Womanist Social Ethics …

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Ghana Travel Seminar: The ties that bind

…continents and despite the distance that may be created by language and culture, we are bound together in our dedication to use our gifts and talents, our imagination, and our creativity— whether in scholarship, in pastoral care, or in community organizing to work for God’s Kingdom and God’s people. We are united in our commitment to bring more peace, more …

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Finding God in the Pandemic

…used social media platforms to spread the love of God, minister to people, conduct funeral services on virtual platforms, celebrate birthdays, and host many other virtual meetings. As I reflected upon my pastoral care class, I remembered my professor telling us about being companions in the pastoral ministry. The word companion is derived from Latin com – together with, and …